Conlon Nancarrow: Player piano on view
Thurs, June 18, 2015
10:30 am–2:30 pm
Conlon Nancarrow’s custom built punching machine in his studio. The scale shows the pitches of the notes. Courtesy the artist’s estate
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Floor Three, Susan and John Hess Family Theater
An ongoing installation of a 1921 Marshall and Wendell Ampico upright player piano identical to Nancarrow’s own will be on view along with the piano roll for his Study #36. Periodically throughout the day, various Nancarrow Studies will be played and also discussed at 1 pm in the program: Nancarrow Deconstructed.
Part of Anywhere in Time: A Conlon Nancarrow Festival, co-curated by Dominic Murcott and Jay Sanders, Curator and Curator of Performance.
June 17, 18, 22, 24, 25
Free with Museum admission. Walk-ins are welcome.
